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Inca digging sticks
Inca stonework
Felipe Guamán Poma de Ayala: El primer nueva corónica y buen gobierno, depiction of an Inca bookkeeper using a quipu
Cuzco, Peru: Sacsahuamán
Cuzco: Sacsahuamán battlements
Pachacuti Inca Yupanqui
Atahuallpa
Inca fort
Massive zigzag stone walls of the Inca fortress Sacsayhuaman rise above a grassy field, with people walking and the city of Cuzco visible in the background.
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Francisco Pizarro
Francisco Pizarro
Spanish explorer
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Topa Inca Yupanqui
emperor of Incas
Atahuallpa
Atahuallpa
emperor of the Incas
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Diego de Almagro
Spanish conquistador
Huascar
Huascar
Inca chieftain
Pachacuti Inca Yupanqui
Pachacuti Inca Yupanqui
Inca emperor
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Gene Savoy
American explorer and religious leader